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“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman”: Adventures of a Curious CharacterI was convinced that from the war and everything else (the death of my wife) I had simply burned myself out. I now understand it much better. First of all, a young man doesnБЂ™t realize how much time it takes to prepare good lectures, for the first time, especiallyБЂ”and to give the lectures, and to make up exam problems, and to check that theyБЂ™re sensible ones. I was giving good courses, the kind of courses where I put a lot of thought into each lecture. But I didnБЂ™t realize that thatБЂ™s a lot of work! So here I was, БЂњburned out,БЂ«reading the Arabian Nights and feeling depressed about myself. During this period I would get offers from different placesБЂ”universities and industryБЂ”with salaries higher than my own. And each time I got something like that I would get a little more depressed. I would say to myself, БЂњLook, theyБЂ™re giving me these wonderful offers, but they donБЂ™t realize that IБЂ™m burned out! Of course I canБЂ™t accept them. They expect me to accomplish something, and I canБЂ™t accomplish anything! I have no ideas БЂ¦БЂ«Finally there came in the mail an invitation from the Institute for Advanced Study: Einstein БЂ¦ von Neumann БЂ¦ Wyl БЂ¦ all these great minds! They write to me, and invite me to be a professor there! And not just a regular professor ...» |
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